Fire Adapted Communities Climate Innovation Lab
2019-2022 After fires severely impacted the Yakima Valley and Wenatchee areas in 2014 and 2015, it became apparent that Latinx residents did not have access to resources necessary to prepare for, respond to, or recover from wildfire. In 2019, several organizations, including Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council, the Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, […]
Yakima Valley Fire Adapted Communities Coalition (YVFACC)
2016-2018 Yakima’s very own Fire Marshal, Jakki MacLean, brought her expertise to the table as a panel member at the 2013 “Washington Wildland Urban Interface Conference” hosted by WRCD. After the success of the event, MacLean proposed the idea of bringing a similar conference to Yakima. The following year, her vision became a reality with […]
House Bill 1784 Pilot Project : Strategic Placement of Forest Health Treatments
2019-2021 The House Bill 1784 pilot project directed the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to, “Prioritize, to the maximum extent practicable…forest health treatments that are strategically planned to serve dual benefits of forest health while providing geographically planned tools for wildfire response.” DNR convened a technical team to develop methods that included information on forest […]
Washington Dry Forest Fire Learning Network (FLN)
2007-Present website The Fire Learning Network (FLN) is a network of landscape-scale collaborative projects across the country that are working to accelerate the restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems and the development of resilient communities. FLN connects these projects and leaders to learn from each other, providing training, education, funding, and opportunities to connect and share. One […]
Community Fire Resilience Workgroup
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Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX)
2017-Present Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) are experiential trainings that provide much needed opportunities to work on prescribed fire skills and qualifications, while building expertise and experience, ultimately developing workforce capacity to implement more safe and effective prescribed fire. While there is a heavy emphasis on training and learning, at its core, TREX holds the […]
Prescribed Burn Associations
2023-Present website Prescribed fire is an important tool for forest restoration and wildfire risk reduction, but it has been largely unavailable to small, private landowners. That’s where Prescribed Burn Associations (PBAs) come in. To implement prescribed fire safely and effectively, PBAs connect landowners, community members, and other interested local stakeholders and provide them with needed […]
Fire Adapted Methow (FAM)
2021-Present The Methow Valley’s landscape and residents are richly diverse. The characteristics of the places where we live, the people there, and how the land is used shape our needs and strategies for living with fire. In collaboration with many partners, FAM aims to work with residents and neighborhoods to help identify risks, address concerns […]
Kittitas Fire Adapted Communities Coalition (KFACC)
2018-Present The Kittitas Fire Adapted Communities Coalition (KFACC), is a collaborative group of stakeholders and community members who live and work in Kittitas County and who recognize the importance of wildfire issues. KFACC works across property ownerships to accelerate the pace and scale of restoration and for wildfire mitigation. KFACC also promotes the education of […]
Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition
2013-Present Since 2009, the Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition has been integral to the fire adaptation process in the greater Leavenworth, Washington area. Fiscally sponsored by the Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council, the Coalition has a history full of spearheading new ideas, facilitating and collaborating, and implementing fire adaptation and forest restoration projects. Over the […]